# Weird Question about Catfish

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**Created:** [January 13, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/weird-question-about-catfish/310093 "2019-01-13T23:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![buckhunter2005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@buckhunter2005](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/buckhunter2005)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/weird-question-about-catfish/310093/1 "2019-01-13T23:28:21Z")

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I don’t catch a lot of catfish so this might be a dumb question but here it goes lol.  
I cought a channel catfish last summer and while going through old photos I realized it had red fins. I looked it up and saw that there’s a type of catfish known for its red fin but none here in NY where I cought it. I was wondering if it’s rare or a hybrid or something because honestly I have no clue lol I have a lot more luck on my perch that I usually catch lol

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**Author:** ![TubeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@TubeDude](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TubeDude)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/weird-question-about-catfish/310093/2 "2019-01-13T23:56:48Z")

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**It is not uncommon for channel cats to have reddish colored fins. Not a disease. I have caught a lot of them over the years.**  
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**There is a large catfish in South America…the red tailed catfish…that has much redder fins. It also gets a lot bigger than channels.**  
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